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self-will

  • noun [ neuter ]
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self-will, es; n. (?)
Self-will, one's own will, free-will
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  • Be ðám ðe beóþ hyra sylfwilles (

    sua sponte

    ) gefullode,
      L. Ecg. C. 17, tit. ; Th. ii. 128, 30.
  • Be selfwille

    ultro,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 73, 27.
  • Getǽc mé sumne mann ðara ðe ðé gesǽlegost þince and on his selfwille sý swíðost gewiten

    who most has had things his own way,

      Bt. 11. 1; Fox 32, 16.
  • Gif ðú ne wilt wirde steóran ac on selfwille sígan lǽtest

    if thou wilt not guide fate, but lettest her go at her own will,

      Met. 4, 50.
Etymology
[Cf. O. H. Ger. (pí) selpwillin sponte, ultro; Icel. með, at sjálfvilja of one's own will.]
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v. self-willes.
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v.  self-willes.
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  • self-will, n.